A paratrooper of the 82nd Airborne Division died in a training event. Private First Class Matthew Perez, who was assigned to ...

A Leicestershire town is to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day with events to remember US servicemen stationed there before the invasion of Europe. The 82nd Airborne Division was headquartered at ...

The 160,000 Allied troops that assaulted on D-Day, about 23,000 of them were paratroopers. They were paratroopers from the 82nd, from the 101st Airborne Division and from the British 6th Airborne ...

A decorated American WWII pilot, who was the last surviving pilot from a pre-invasion Normandy mission, has died at the age of 102. Lieutenant Colonel David Hamilton, who was hosted by South Kesteven ...

A project to commemorate the role of airborne forces in World War Two has been awarded almost £150,000 in lottery funding. Soldiers From The Sky tells the story of how two of the biggest battles ...